Nigerian won’t join Saudi led coalition against terror

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"entry-title"><span style&equals;"color&colon;blue&semi;"><span style&equals;"background-color&colon;white&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;normal&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-large&semi;"><i>Nigeria declines offer to join Saudi led Islamic States’ coalition against terror<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"elements-box">&NewLine;<p>Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s President Mohammadu Buhari&period; who is in Saudi Arabia holding bitaeral talks&comma; has declined the from the Saudi government to join the Islamic States’ coalition against terror&period; President Buhari conveyed the position of the Federal Government to King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz during bilateral meeting between the two leaders held in Riyadh&period; The Nigerian president is currently on state visits to Saudi Arabia and Qater&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince&comma; Mohammed bin Salman had announced last December&comma; that Saudi Arabia has formed a coalition of 34 countries to coordinate a fight against terrorist organizations across the globe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-22419" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;king-salaman-al-saud1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"king-salaman-al-saud1" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"326" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz <&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;Nigeria was among the countries listed as a member of the coalition&period; The statement said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Arab countries such as Qatar and the UAE will join the coalition&comma; as well as Middle Eastern&comma; Asian and African states including Pakistan&comma; Malaysia&comma; and Nigeria&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The formal rejection of the offer was made public yesterday by presidential spokesperson&comma; Garba Shehu&comma; while explaining that the two leaders engaged in extensive discussions on regional and global issues&comma; and agreed that terrorism posed a common threat to their states and would require close cooperation to prevail over the threats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;